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1. Wing & Check rail clearance between tips to other passing rails

... . Many thanks again Martin for your help. All the best, Brian Nicholls. posted: 25 Apr 2011 22:00 from: Martin Wynne Hi Brian, The functional length of a check rail (i.e. the middle bit between the flared ends) must at least cover the break in the opposite rail. So for a V-crossing that means from the knuckle bend in the wing rail to approximately the centre of the A timber under the nose. More info: http://templot.com/companion/check_and_wing_rails.php 2_251630_520000000.gif In practice of course it would be very unusual to have such a short check rail. It would need a severe speed restriction and is only likely to be found in yards and sidings. Note that for model gauges with overscale flangeway gaps, the knuckle is further from the nose and hence the minimum check rail will be longer to ensure proper running. The check rail is much more important for traffic running in a facing direction, so the working length of a check rail is normally much longer than the extension length ( ...

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2. GW check/guard rail query

... turnouts and have hit a small snag when in the wing and check rail menu. There is CHECK-RAIL WORKING LENGTH and CHECK_RAIL EXTENSION LENGTH How do I input the info for 11ft 6 ins and 14ft Guards, Please. Guard length info from your Scalefour Society link above Cheers Phil Cheers posted: 2 Feb 2015 15:34 from: Martin Wynne Hi Phil, Templot dimensions the check rails from the centre of the A timber, so you need to calculate the relevant dimensions from the GWR drawings. Here's a diagram: 2_251630_520000000.gif regards, Martin. posted: 3 Feb 2015 09:09 from: Phil O Thanks Martin I will have a look at that later. Cheers Phil posted: 8 Feb 2015 13:51 from: Phil O Hi I have finally had a go at a GW custom turnout, which has worked out pretty well except that I can't find a way of getting the "V" and wing rail joints in the correct places, this is only a cosmetic issue as I know they fall midway between the closed up timbering ...

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3. what type of diamond is this or is it

... partial template, although it wouldn't match any known prototype. regards, Martin. posted: 3 Nov 2015 13:54 from: Martin Wynne p.s. Dave, here is a bit more info, taken from: topic 1465 The functional length of a check rail (i.e. the middle bit between the flared ends) must at least cover the break in the opposite rail. So for a V-crossing that means from the knuckle bend in the wing rail to approximately the centre of the A timber under the nose: 2_251630_520000000.gif In practice of course it would be very unusual to have such a short check rail. It would need a severe speed restriction and is only likely to be found in yards and sidings. Note that for model gauges with overscale flangeway gaps, the knuckle is further from the nose and hence the minimum check rail will be longer to ensure proper running. The check rail is much more important for traffic running in a facing direction, so the working length of a check rail is normally much longer than the extension length ( ...

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